Choker

A choker (Native American Sioux) made of dentalium shell and rawhide. Worn by Cedar Elk when young.

Date

[between 1870 and 1879]

Notes

Accession ID: E.1890; History Colorado.; Curatorial note supplied by History Colorado: "Accession sheet from March 7, 1956 reads as follows: Purchased from Mrs. Eva Gap; Sioux woman of Hawkins family who live now at 2258 Curtis Street, Rm. 3 Denver. Item: E.1890.2: Sioux, dentalium-shell choker (Society bought fro $5.00) Mrs. Gap says these belonged to her grandmother who is now 92 years old, and whose name is Cedar Elk. The grandmother wore them when she was young. (Note See also E.1890.1, a pair of long dentalium shell and abalone shell earrings also purchased from Mrs. Gap.)."; Object ID: E.1890.2; Scanned image from loaned transparency including Object ID.; Title supplied.; R7200029292